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Aug 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008adspr..42..538c&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, Volume 42, Issue 3, p. 538-543.
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X-ray observations indicate that the Galactic black hole Sgr A∗ is inactive now, however, we suggest that Sgr A∗ can become active when a captured star is tidally disrupted and matter is accreted into the black hole. Consequently the Galactic black hole could be a powerful source of relativistic protons with a characteristic energy ˜1052 erg per capture. The diffuse GeV and TeV γ-rays emitted in the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) are the direct consequences of p p collisions of such relativistic protons ejected by very recent capture events occurred ⩽105 yr ago. On the other hand, the extended electron-positron annihilation line emission observed from GC is a phenomenon related to a large population of thermalized positrons, which are produced, cooled down and accumulated through hundreds of past capture events during a period of ˜107 yr. In addition to explaining GeV, TeV and 511 keV annihilation emissions we also estimate the photon flux of several MeV resulting from in-flight annihilation process.
Cheng Kwong Sang
Chernyshov D. O.
Dogiel Vladimir
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